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Our host for this month's Bread Bakers is Wendy of A day in the life on the farm and she suggested to bake Irish bread for St. Patricks day. Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick in Ireland.

Irish soda bread is is a variety of quick bread where baking soda is used as a leavening agent instead of the traditional yeast. I adapted this scone recipe from here. Though these scones are not traditional ones, they are made with the almost same ingredients as the traditional soda bread. Let's see how to make Irish soda bread scones.

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 tbspgranulated sugar

1/2 tbsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp / 25gm cold unsalted butter

1/4 cup cold buttermilk

1 small egg

1/3 cup golden raisins + currants

1 tsp milk, to brush

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220 C | 425 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Grate the butter and mix well into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Place the bowl in freezer for 5 minutes.

3. In a large measuring cup, whisk together the cold buttermilk and egg.

4. Stir in the golden raisins in the flour mixture. Add the buttermilk-egg mixture and using a spatula mix until combined.

5. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for 4-5 minutes.

6. Pat the dough gently with your hands into a disc that is roughly 3/4-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut out the scones.

7. Place them on the prepared baking tray and brush the tops gently with milk.

8. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Transfer scones to a wire rack.

Notes:

Do not twist the cookie cutter as you cut the dough, this will prevent the scones from rising evenly.

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Check out the Irish breads that our fellow Bread Bakers have baked this month: